Harold Prince went to see it and he wrote me a letter saying don’t be discouraged about this because actually there’s some quite good songs in here. But he also said something which stayed with me all my life, which is that you can’t listen to a musical if you can’t look at it, by which he was actually saying that the designs for Jeeves were absolutely hideous.
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Andrew Lloyd Webber
Composer of musical theatre
United Kingdom · b. 1948
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Andrew Lloyd Webber, born in Kensington, London in 1948, is undeniably one of the most influential figures in musical theater. Raised in a profoundly musical household, his father was a renowned organist and director at the London College of Music, and his mother a dedicated piano teacher. While classical music dominated his upbringing, young Andrew introduced rock, pop, and theater to his family's musical repertoire. By his early childhood, he was profoundly drawn to musical theater, thanks to familial connections in the arts and his innate passion. Webber's journey to stardom began in earnest during the late 1960s when he teamed up with lyricist Tim Rice.
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Well, I mean, obviously, as I said, Richard Rodgers, very obviously say, composers like Prokofiev, like Gershwin, all of these, the great musical theater writers. I would add, as melodists, I think if you were talking about the great melodists of the 20th century, I would put Paul McCartney in there. I would definitely put Rodgers. I would definitely put Prokofiev. I’d definitely put Gershwin because he died so young, but definitely would put him there. And those, of course, in the theater side of things, I’d definitely put Hal Prince
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